Perfume dispenser



A ril 12; 1938. s. K Lu PERFUME DI S PENSER Filed Oct. 24, 1935'INVENTOR. K NG L U1. BY

ATTORNEY e I Patented Apr. 12 1938 3i. :1 i" 7 V -t 113 I V PERFUMEDISPENSER Sik Kong Lui, San Francisco, Calif.

dpplication oetober 24, 1935; Serial No. 46,580

, I j r Claim. (01, 215-73) Myinvention relates to.improvements inperclosure I3. The closure has an opening I4 therefume dispensers and,itconsistsofthe combinain for slidably receiving a plunger I5., The Ations, constructions and arrangements ,herein-, plunger is connected tothe piston H and carries after described and claimed. 7 a'flanged memberI6 that receives the upper end Anobject or my:in'vention is to provide aperof a coil spring I1. -The lower end of the spring fume dispenser inwhich the cover closing the is seated in a depression I8 in the bottomof the container also closes thevial carrying the percompartment I0.fume. The cover has an opening therein com- Figure 1 shows a groove I9in the wall of the I municating with the vial through which theperopening I4 for conveying the fluid along the side 10 fume passes. Acap is designed to be secured to of the plunger. The wall of thecompartment Ill 10 the coverand to close the opening therein. also has agroove 20 therein that extends from. I show two types of dispensers. Inone of the the bottom of the compartment up to the bottom types I makeuse of a pump mechanism for withof the piston II when the latter is innormal drawing the perfume from the vial, and in the position. Theclosure I3 has a hollowed out por- 5 other type the perfume is forcedfrom the vial by tion that forms the upper end of the compartmerelyshaking the container. ment I0. For a clearer understanding of the Thedevice is extremely simple in construction device I will designate thatportion of the com- :and is durable and efiicient for the purpose in-,partment I0 below the piston as the temporary or tended. Although thedrawing shows the deauxiliary reservoir A and that portion disposed vicegreatly enlarged for purposes of clarity, in above the piston as theexit chamber B. actual practice the entire device is made small rom t ef0- e crip i n of t e Va ious enough to bev carried very easily in awomans parts of the device the operation thereof may be pocket book.readily understood. A cap 2I normally encloses Other objects andadvantages will appear in the the cover 3 and its operating mechanism.The.

' following specification, and the novel features of device when carriedin a pocket book assumes a 25 the device will be particularly pointedout in the horizontal position. This permits the fluid in the appendedclaim. 1 vial 5 to bleed through the small opening 9 and My invention isillustrated in the accompanyto fill the auxiliary reservoir A. Thespring I! ing drawing forming apart of this application, holds the topof the piston against the seat 22,

in which 1 see Figure 2, and the piston in this instance acts Figure lis a vertical section through the deas a valve to prevent the fluidfrom'passing into vice; 7 1 the exit chamber or compartment B.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device with In use, the p 2| isfirst ved- Then t e the capremoved, and the cover shown in cross plungerI5 is manually depressed. This will drive a section to illustrate adifferent position of the the piston II downwardly in the compartment I035 I pump piston; a g and will force the fluid from the reservoir A'Figure 3 is a side elevation of the entire dethrough the by-pass 20 andinto the exit chamber vice; and I B. The by-p'ass 20 is larger than theopening 9 Figure 4 is a sectional view through amodified and this willprevent the pump piston II from 40 form of the invention. 1 forcing thefluid back into the vial 5. Moreover, 40

In carrying out my invention I provide a conthe vial has no outlet apartfrom the opening 9, tainer I'which is threaded at 2 to receive a coverWhereas, the reservoir or chamber B has an out 3. The cover has a flange4 designed to abut let, and the difference in pressure will cause thethe top of the container I when the cover is fluid to flow into thereservoir B instead of the screwed in place. A vial 5 is mounted withinthe vial 5. r 45 container I and has a threaded top 6 designed to Theplunger I 5 is now freed, and the spring ll be received in the threadedportion 1 of thecover. will now return the piston back to normal posi- Adisc 8 of any desired substance may be placed tion. The piston W first01088 the bY-D I S 0 "between the bottom of the vial 5 and the closedand continued movement will force the fluid from end of the container.the reservoir B and out through the groove I9. 50

The cover 3 has a small opening 9 communicat The remainder of the fluidin'the reservoir B will .ing with the vial. The opening leads into acomdrain out through the groove I9. .partment I0 and this compartmentslidably re- In the modified form shown in Figure 4, 2, vial ceives apiston II. The upper end of the com- 23 is shown and this vial isprovided with a thick .55 partment I0 isthreaded at I2 and receives a.top end 24, which has a small passagewayv 25 5 therein. This long andnarrow passageway prevents the vial from being refilled.

The vial 23 is placed in a container 26 and this container is closed bya cover 21. The cover has a threaded recess that receives the vial andhas a small passageway 28 that aligns with the passageway 25. A cap 29closes the passageway 28 and a washer 30 may be disposed in the cap andwill cover the open end of the cover 21. A washer 3| is also preferablydisposed between the vial 5 and the cover 3,'see Figure 1, and in likemanner a washer 32 is disposed between the vial 23 and the cover 21 inthe device shown in Figure 4. The threaded recess in the cover 21 has adepression extending above the washer 32 and this depression receives arounded projection on the vial end 24 that extends above the washer 32.This depression in the top of the threaded recess has rounded sides andwhen an open top vial such as that shown at 5 in Figure 1 is threadedinto the cover 21, then the rounded side wall of the depression will actas a guide for thefiuid for directing it into the passageway 28.

In the operation of this form of the device, the cap 29 is removed andthen the container 26 is rapidly shaken. This will drive out some of thevial fluid through the aligned passageways 25 and 28. After use the cap29 can then be screwed onto the cover 2'! as shown at 33. A

shock absorbing pad 34 is placed between the bottom of the vial 23 andthe bottom of the container 26. Should the open top vial 5 be connectedto the cover 21 in place of the vial 23, then the depression in the topof the threaded recesswill guide the fluid into the passageway 28 asalready stated.

While I have shown only the preferred forms .of my invention it shouldbe understood that

